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Isle of Stars

Author: Wayne Thomas Batson

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

ISBN: 9781530405787

Category: Memory

Page: 158

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"The wedding of Griffin 'Cat' Thorne and Anne Ross is on. Or is it? Captain Tobias Dredd, the infamous pirate 'Toby Scratch', has been scouring the South Pacific, searching for Father Carroll, a member of the clandestine holy warriors known only as The Brethren. When Dredd's ship, The Red Corsair, levels a Brethren monastery, Declan Ross and the crew of The Robert Bruce are called upon to pursue Father Carroll and maintain his safety at all costs. The hunt for Father Carroll is on between Ross and Dredd. At stake: the lives of everyone involved and a treasure worth three times the world. For Father Carroll alone knows the location of The Isle of Stars, and he knows its secrets"--Back cover.
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Shrine of Stars

Confluence

Author: Paul McAuley

Publisher: Hachette UK

ISBN: 057512055X

Category: Fiction

Page: 320

View: 7007

Who would lay time to rest, or raise it up from its tomb? The Ancients of Days - humans returned from a long exile in the depths of time and space and history - brought heresy and doubt to the artificial world of Confluence, and ignited a terrible civil war, of all the varied creatures of Confluence's ten thousand genetically manipulated bloodlines, only young Yama holds the power to end the conflict, for who ever controls him controls the myriad machines of the world. Though now a helpless captive being forged intoa weapon of horrific consequence, Yama must win the struggle to reclaim his soul, and complete his search for the true story of his origin - a story mapped eons before his birth.
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Beyond the Stars

Author: Lynn David Livsey

Publisher: iUniverse

ISBN: 0595149243

Category: Body, Mind & Spirit

Page: 352

View: 9991

This book, Beyond The Stars - Triology / Part One, covers all of cosmic science; from quantum mechanics and the formation of particles, to cosmology and the structure of space, to evolution and the formation of life. Moreover, this book is sub-divided into ten chapters and into ten reference chapters to make this information more understandable and digestible. Chapter one, “The Structure of Space”, covers the composition and structure of space, the elementary stage of particles, the evolution of energy, quasars, and the formation of galaxies. Chapter two, “Galaxies”, covers the composition and structure of galaxies, dark matter, interstellar dust clouds, and the formation of light particles. Chapter three, “Stars”, covers the formation of star clusters, the layout of star systems, the classification of stars, the life-cycle of stars, the death-cycle of stars, dwarf stars, planetary nebulas, neutron stars, black-holes, star nebulas, the formation of gravity, and globular clusters. Chapter four, “Particles, Molecules and Matter”, covers the formation of subatomic particles, atomic particles, molecules, matter, antimatter, the working of electricity, ionization storms, the principles of alchemy, nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, and the existence of energy vortexes. Chapter five, “Star Systems”, covers the composition and structure of star systems and the layout of planetary bodies within them. Chapter six, “Planetary Bodies”, covers the composition and structure of gas spheres, planets, planetesimals, asteroids, comets and meteors. Chapter seven, “Dimensional Planes”, covers the existence and function of dimensional planes, the difference between man and animal-man, the varying of humanoid-life throughout space, the existence of non-human life upon the Earth, NASA’s search for life throughout our solar system, our fight against drug-resistant organisms, the organization of life throughout all of space, and the planetary life-cycle of all planetary bodies. Chapter eight, “Evolutionary Changes”, covers physical evolution, dimension evolution, the formation of life-energy, the progression of life-energy, the evolution of mind and consciousness, the development of spirit, and the existence and nature of “God”. Chapter nine, “What is Man”, covers what type of being is man, man’s evolution, life within our solar system, the existence of hydrides throughout our galaxy, the nature of non-human life upon the Earth, the Earth’s location within our galaxy and its relationship to all of space, the government and administration of space, the creation of life throughout all of space, and the ongoing rebellion against “Michael”. Chapter ten, “The Communication of Space”, covers man’s inability to communicate with our cosmic neighbors and why the number of alien visitations to our world have dramatically increased since World War Two. Finally, the ten reference chapters review and categorize the important highlights of this book.
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The Stars of Ballymenone

Author: Henry Glassie,Doug Boyd

Publisher: Indiana University Press

ISBN: 9780253347176

Category: Social Science

Page: 574

View: 7545

In the time of the Troubles, when there were bombs in the night and soldiers on the road, Henry Glassie journeyed to the Irish borderland to learn how country people endure. He settled into the farming community of Ballymenone, beside Lough Erne in the County Fermanagh. He asked questions, and he listened. For a decade he heard and recorded the stories and songs in which they outlined their culture, recounted their history, and pictured their world—a world which, in their view, was one of love and defeat and uncertainty, demanding faith, bravery, and wit. In his award-winning Passing the Time in Ballymenone, Henry Glassie set out to write a comprehensive ethnography of the community. Now, after decades of work in Asia, in Turkey and Bangladesh, in India and Japan, Glassie has returned to Ireland, using his skills as an observer, a listener, a writer, in an effort to understand how poor people in rural places suffer and laugh and carry on while history happens. Glassie’s task in The Stars of Ballymenone is to set the scene, to sketch the backdrop and clear the stage, so that Hugh Nolan and Michael Boyle, Peter Flanagan, Ellen Cutler, and their neighbors can tell their own tale. The Stars of Ballymenone is an integrated analysis of the complete repertory of verbal art from a community where storytelling and singing of quality remained a part of daily life. The book includes a CD so the voices of Ballymenone can be heard at last.
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Resurrections

Author: Wilyem Clark

Publisher: Wilyem Clark

ISBN: N.A

Category:

Page: 62

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Poetry: By this point I was in my early thirties, and I experienced a burst of creative energy expressed in bouts of extended navel-gazing, wherein even sexual secrets may be held up and ridiculed.
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The Dark Between the Stars

Author: Kenneth C. Gardner, Jr.

Publisher: iUniverse

ISBN: 9781475933147

Category: Fiction

Page: 344

View: 9090

In the summer of 1923, eighteen-year old Elijah Cockburn is enjoying typical small-town Midwestern life in Menninger, North Dakota, when a confrontation forces him and his friends Merle and Pearl and their cousin Axel to hitch a freight and head into the American West. Awaiting them are Wobblies, railroad bulls, bootleggers, the Jack Dempsey-Tommy Gibbons title fight, hobo jungles, pickpockets, President Warren G. Harding, and San Francisco, where Elijah's brother Josh shows him a new way to look at life. Memorable characters, such as Twig, Bear, Boss, Lucretia, Hiram and his dog JJ, Miss Hoar, Black Betty, White Hair, and Duke inhabit the novel.
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Die Insel der Verlorenen

Descendants - Die Nachkommen

Author: Melissa de la Cruz,Disney

Publisher: Egmont

ISBN: 3505138959

Category: Juvenile Fiction

Page: 352

View: 9950

Das Prequel zum packenden Disney-Filmabenteuer von Bestseller-Autorin Melissa de la Cruz Als die böse Fee Maleficent erfährt, dass ihr verlorenes Drachenauge-Zepter wieder zum Leben erwacht ist, beauftragt sie ihre Tochter Mal mit einer Mission: Sie soll es aufspüren und sich damit endlich ihres dunklen Erbes als würdig erweisen! Jay, Carlos und Evie Mal befiehlt den drei anderen, sie zu begleiten. Auf der Jagd nach dem Auge übertreffen sich die vier in Gemeinheiten und tun alles, um sich gegenseitig auszuspielen. Doch plötzlich verändert sich etwas zwischen ihnen ...
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The Stone of the Stars

The Dragon Throne

Author: Alison Baird

Publisher: Hachette UK

ISBN: 0446506931

Category: Fiction

Page: 432

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A fresh, new Canadian author, who is comparable to Marion Zimmer Bradley, debuts a brand new fantasy trilogy for all ages. The quest is on to find the coveted Stone of the Stars on the mystical isle of Trynisia, once a place where humans dwelt side by side with dragons. Four have set off on their journey to reach it-Ailia, a daydreaming bookworm; Damion, a devoted missionary; Jomar, a half-breed soldier-slave; and Lorelyn, quite possibly a prophesied savior, who will one day guide her people ina battle against the Dark God. But can they reach the isle and the Stone of the Stars before the tyrannical God-King Khalazar finds it and uses it to rule the world?
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The Archons of the Stars

Author: Alison Baird

Publisher: Hachette UK

ISBN: 0446510424

Category: Fiction

Page: 300

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- The first book in the Dragon Throne series, The Stone of the Stars (0-446-69098-8), was published in Aspect trade paperback in 2/04 and has already gone back to press for a second printing. The mass market edition will be published by Aspect in 7/05 and will tie in with this novel. The second novel in the series, The Empire of the Stars, will be published in Aspect trade paperback in 11/04. - Alison Baird, a highly decorated Canadian writer, is the author of The Witches of Willowmere (Penguin, 2002). The Wolves of Woden (Penguin, 2001), and The Hidden World (Penguin, 1999). She is a Silver Birch Award regional winner for The Dragon's Egg (Scholastic, 1994), received an Honorable Mention for the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror for Dragon Pearl (St. Martin's Press, 1996), and was a finalist for the IODE Violet Downey Book Award for White as the Waves (Creative, 1999). - Dragons remain one of fantasy fiction's most popular creatures. The illustrated dragon cover will clearly position. The Archons of The Stars as fantasy, which outpaces science fiction in genre sales.
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Isle of Palms

Author: Dorothea Benton Frank

Publisher: Penguin

ISBN: 9781440622267

Category: Fiction

Page: 528

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New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank takes readers on a rollicking ride in this lowcountry tale about a woman whose unconventional friends and family show her the real meaning of unconditional love. Anna Lutz Abbot considers herself independent and happy—until one steamy summer when her collegiate daughter comes home to Isle of Palms, South Carolina, a very different person, her wild and wonderful ex-husband shows up on her doorstep, and her flamboyant new best friend takes up with her daddy. And the already hot temperatures are cranked up another ten degrees by Anna’s own fling with Arthur, who is, heaven help us, a Yankee. Now, Anna must face the fact that she isn’t as in control of her life as she’d thought. And she must find a way to deal with the whole truth—and not just the comfortable parts...
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Sternenstaub

Roman

Author: Nora Roberts

Publisher: Blanvalet Taschenbuch Verlag

ISBN: 3641189594

Category: Fiction

Page: 480

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Wenn der Sternenstaub zur Erde fällt, erfüllen sich die geheimsten Wünsche ... Die selbstbewusste Archäologin Riley hat einen Auftrag: Zusammen mit fünf weiteren Auserwählten muss sie nach Irland reisen, um dort die Suche nach dem letzten Stern, dem Stern des Eises, zu vollenden und das Schicksal aller Welten zu retten. Um die noch fehlenden Hinweise zu finden, vertieft sich Riley in die Geschichte und die Mythen Irlands. Als sie eines Tages in eine gefährliche Situation gerät, ist es der geheimnisvolle Doyle, der sie rettet, und sie kommen einander näher, gefährlich nah. Doch Doyle verschloss einst sein Herz für immer. Wird ihre Liebe trotzdem eine Chance haben? Und werden die sechs Auserwählten es schaffen, ihre Mission zu erfüllen?
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Sternenregen

Roman

Author: Nora Roberts

Publisher: Blanvalet Taschenbuch Verlag

ISBN: 3641189586

Category: Fiction

Page: 464

View: 4661

Wenn es Sterne regnet, werden Träume wahr ... Die junge Künstlerin Sasha Riggs lebt zurückgezogen in einem kleinen Haus in North Carolina. Hier wollte sie ihren Frieden finden und sich ganz auf ihre Gemälde konzentrieren. Doch sie kommt nicht zur Ruhe: Schon ihr ganzes Leben lang quälen sie des Nachts Träume, die sie nicht versteht und bei Tag verdrängt. Doch seit einiger Zeit gelingt ihr das nicht mehr, so sehr sie es auch versucht. Ein gefährlich attraktiver Mann stiehlt sich jede Nacht in ihren Kopf, ein Mann, der sagt, dass er auf sie wartet, dass sie ihn finden soll. Diese Visionen führen sie schließlich auf die griechische Insel Korfu, doch wird Sasha dort finden, was sie unbewusst seit Jahren sucht?
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Isle of Night

Die Wächter 1

Author: Veronica Wolff

Publisher: Piper Verlag

ISBN: 3492954286

Category: Fiction

Page: 384

View: 4494

Wenn das Leben nichts mehr zu bieten hat – schließ dich den Wächtern an! Die Zeit im College sollte für Annelise ein willkommener Abschied von ihrem ungeliebten Vater und ihrer Stiefmutter werden. Doch dann trifft sie den geheimnisvollen Ronan, der ihr ein neues Leben verspricht – wenn sie den Mut dazu hat, ihm zu folgen. Auf einer mysteriösen Insel vor der Küste Englands muss sich Annelise dem Wettkampf gegen andere Rekruten stellen. Sie alle wollen zu den Wächtern gehören, einer Eliteeinheit, die sich nicht nur mit Vampiren verbündet, sondern auch gefährlichste magische Missionen zu erfüllen hat ...